News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bayonne, New Jersey, man was convicted at trial today on charges of producing and possessing images and videos of child sexual abuse, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: Defendant Accused of Taking Part in International Scheme.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, recently introduced a bill that authorizes the District of Columbia (District) to enter into cooperative management agreements (CMAs) with the National Park Service (NPS) to more efficiently manage park sites across the District. The bill, S. 1956 , is the companion bill to H.R. 2897 , which was introduced in June by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Taunton woman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for concealing information and making false statements in order to receive Social Security disability benefits and Section 8 housing assistance to which she was not entitled.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has initiated a 30-day public comment period on the Perdito Exploration Project Environmental Assessment located in Inyo County. Public comments may be received by close of business, Nov. 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announced that in federal court on October 18 and Oct. 19, 2017, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced five members of a marijuana and money laundering organization to active prison...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS - A special program of dulcimer music will be provided by the North Mississippi Dulcimer Association from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday, November 4, 2017, at the Parkway Visitor Center located at milepost 266 near Tupelo, Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jaime Marquez-Venancio, age 50, and a citizen of Mexico, pled guilty yesterday to illegal re-entry into the United States.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Dr. Jack Michel, Owner of the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, LLC, the Florida nursing home that lost 14 residents in the wake of Hurricane Irma, after the facility’s air conditioning failed. The letter requests a detailed briefing and documents from the owner of the facility.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, November 4, at 9am, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will conduct a 4 mile, ranger-guided, hike on Lookout Mountain beginning and ending at the historic Cravens House.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ALLAN ROSALES-BENITEZ, age 32, a native of Honduras, pled guilty yesterday to a one-count Indictment for illegal entry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: GREENVILLE - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that on Oct. 18, 2017 in federal court, GENESIS LEE WHITTED, JR., a 28-year-old male resident of Fayetteville, was convicted following a three-day trial before Senior United States District...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Dr. Jack Michel, Owner of the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, LLC, the Florida nursing home that lost 14 residents in the wake of Hurricane Irma, after the facility’s air conditioning failed. The letter requests a detailed briefing and documents from the owner of the facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida -United States District Court Judge Carlos E. Mendoza yesterday sentenced Anthony Carl Spence (45, Jamaica) to five years and eight months in federal prison for transporting and possessing child pornography. He was found guilty by a federal jury on July 26, 2017. Spence was indicted on March 8, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Calif. Oct. 20, 2017 - Fire staff completed ignitions on the last segment of the Cedar East Prescribed Burn unit this afternoon, for a total of 179 acres treated since Tuesday. The difference from the planned total acreage of 192 for this segment is due to variable weather that created good conditions for prescribed burning in some parts of the unit, and less favorable conditions in others.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. District Judge William P. “Chip" Johnson of the District of New Mexico sentenced Tom Begaye, Jr., 29, to a term of life imprisonment without the possibility of release for his conviction on murder, aggravated sexual abuse and kidnapping charges arising out of the abduction, rape and murder of an 11-year-old Navajo child on May 2, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore announces that Portsmouth Village is now re-opened to the public.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: HOHENWALD, TN - The Natchez Trace Parkway will close the Meriwether Lewis Death and Burial Site Information Center for the season on Nov. 3, 2017. This season, the Meriwether Lewis Information Center welcomed over 6,000 visitors to the site. The burial monument, restrooms, campground, and hiking trails are open seven days a week and are not affected by this closure.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Tina Brown, 42, of Bronx, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud affecting a financial institution, before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CLARK McALPIN, age 37, of New Orleans, pled guilty Wednesday to participating in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy throughout the New Orleans area. Specifically, McALPIN pled guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture of methamphetamine.
